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Ancient Coins: The Electrum Hekte
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2021
- Today we are looking at some of the earliest coins out there. With its archaic-looking flans and pale yellow hue, the Hektes were struck in the 6th and 5th centuries BC as one of the first internationally accepted coins. Lets explore 5 examples minted at the ancient city of Cyzikus, and explore their mythological iconography.
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For some civilizations their coinage is the only thing left of them
There are a lot of ancient kings and rulers we only know existed by their monetary evidence alone!
@@ClassicalNumismatics and even more rulers we only know the face of through coinage!
This is particulary true for Celtic coinage, whose coin treasures allow to better define the territories of their tribes/polis and also give some clues about some rulers. Anyway, even this civilization left more than coinage to be known.
These artists truly had a tiny canvas to work on. That's something I wish I could see: one of the die engravers at work. How did they create these images, and on some coins, so finely detailed yet could withstand the engraving process over and over?
It is thought that the gem engravers, called burin, were the first die makers. On some old texts, the images of the burin are shown with a small lathe, which was the tool of choice. These would spin at high revolutions, and using a pulley, would contact the tool. The tools were possibly bronze, however, more evidence suggests they were actually soft iron. On the tips, they would put olive oil and diamond powder, so it was less cutting action, and more a mini grinding operation. Furthermore, they would essentially make thoudsands of small holes of different depths to begin to create the image/bust/device, after which they would by hand smoothen the ridges between these holes and eventually the inset surfaces to achieve the proper shapes. An extremely laborious hard task no doubt. I think this also may be why were see 'dots' on the legends of the old thracian staters. These would be evidence of the holes they made, and give one the idea of just how small the tips of these tools were.
My guess is that in addition to their incredible skills, they HAD to have a medium to high myopia, and could no longer work after 40/45 year old. With no magnifier available, these artists had to work at a maximum distance of 10 cm, which only myopia makes possible.
And yes, I totally agree with you, I would love to see them at work, and also the whole process, including metal preparation, weighing, strike...
@@wollin20 I agree with that. I have pretty advanced myopia, and can see great detail without glasses on, but have to get very close to the object for that - within centimeters of the eye. It's like having a magnifying glass built into the eye. :)
Talking about "electrum".. the ancient Greeks called Amber with the same name "electrum", which derives from "elector", meaning "the shining one", that we get the word electron, hence - electricity. ❤
Thats pretty cool!! :)
Among my favorite coins, amazing beauties!
I am addicted to your videos. They are informative, entertaining, and educational. 😊
The intrigue of such coins. Where were these actual coins in the year 1578? Or any other years long gone? Likely we have no way of knowing. Too bad they can't tell their story. Two hundred years here, 400 years there. I would listen.
Great vid!
Most of the ancients that survived were found in the ground; either in hoards that were hidden/buried by people who never came back for them, shipwrecks, or simply lost on the ground. Some were used as jewelry/talismans during medieval times (they have holes in them). Huge quantities of coins that were in circulation at the time or owned by the people/government were simply re-smelted whenever a new conqueror came in and decided to mint their own coinage. These coins were an easy source of gold and silver. Some ancient silver/copper/bronze coins were still smelted for scrap in bulk well into the 20th century.
I didn't know these existed! Very informative!
I will eventually want to find one with Dionysus. Dionysus is interpreted today as the party boy of the deities. In actuality he is the Western form of the Indian Śiva according to the great French scholar Alain Danielou (Śiva and Dionysus). The “wine” as in the Sufi traditions represents the intoxicating bliss of the deepest meditation.
beautifull as always thank you for showing
An idea for a later video, perhaps a bit of a deep cut (but that's a good thing for the enthusiasts!). A video showing the history of the change from wappenmunzen to the owls in Athens, and the historical background for this change. There's a lot of good reading material and studies to look at here, but feel free to shoot me a message if you'd like me to give you a short summary-paper I wrote :)
Love your channel, keep it up!
It would have been Lion, of course. ❤ Great presentation, Thank you!
Wow
Hello, great video! Hi have one of these coins with a lions head facing right, and half head of Zeus possibly. Can you tell me more about it. Or send me a place I can send a picture. It’s in mint condition.
No, I dont do coin identification. Its worth spending the time to do some research :)
Try wildwinds
@@ClassicalNumismatics thank you 🙏
How did they make dies that small?
Small wouldve actually been easier. At the time, they were already engraving gems via lathes, and would use small rods made from soft iron covered in oil and diamond dust. They would then spin these rods at high speeds, probably around 2000rpm, using pulleys and paddles, and would by hand take a piece of hardened steel and essentially grind the shapes into it. We think they used soft iron and steel from many observations: had the dies been bronze, the pieces where we see the dies broke would have different impressions if made from a soft material. In experiments done in the last few hundred years, bronze dies also did not grind well, since soft materials tend to stick to the tools. These tools may have been merely a 1mm in diameter with very small (~0.1mm or less) tips. Super fine details may have been ground in by hand using similiar techniques. WHat is unfortunate, is extremely few ancient dies remain. The oldest ones that remain were made around 1st/2nd century AD, so we unfortunately dont have any direct evidence. However, the old Thracian and Lydian stater's had high enough volumes that seem to point away from bronze dies, and to this day, no one has been able to make a stone die that can form the sharp edges of the finest examples.
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